HIS DEPARTMENT OR THE TOWN. JENNIFER CROMPTON EXPLAINS. IT WAS THIS VIDEO TAKEN BY A SEABROOK POLICE STATION SURVEILLANCE CAMERA IN 2009 AND POSTED ON YOUTUBE IN JANUARY OF A YOUNG MAN IN CUSTODY BEING SLAMMED INTO A WALL AND PEPPER SPRAYED THAT RESULTED IN TWO OFFICERS BEING FIRED AND TWO OTHERS DISCIPLINED. DESPITE THAT, THE CHIEF WANTS MORE VIDEOTAPING. HE WENT BEFORE SELECTMEN ON MONDAY TO REQUEST FUNDS FOR CAMERA SYSTEMS IN CRUISERS. SOME DEPARTMENTS ALREADY HAVE THEM. HE FEELS IT'S CRUCIAL SEABROOK HAVE THEM NOW. AS WE MOVE INTO THE FUTURE AND GET PAST WHAT HAPPENED HERE, WE WANT TO BE AS TRANSPARENT AS WE CAN. HIS PITCH INVOLVED THE DEMONSTRATION OF THE TECHNOLOGY. THIS IS H.D. CAMERA. BY HAVING VIDEO IN THE CARS, COULD CUT DOWN THE LIABILITY, CUT DOWN ON THE COMPLAINTS OF OFFICERS DOING WRONG. IT'S ALSO A SAFETY ISSUE FOR NOT ONLY THE OFFICER BUT FOR THE PEEP THAT WOULD COME IN CONTACT WITH AS WELL. CAMERAS ARE MOUNTED BEHIND THE REAR VIEW MIRROR, TRIGGERED BY THE LIGHTS OR SIREN OR BY THE OFFICER. A SECOND CAMERA POINTS AT THE BACK SEAT. THE OFFICER WOULD HIT THE CAMERA BUTTON, TURN ON THE CABIN CAMERA, AND HERE'S THE BACK SEAT VIEW. THE $43,000 COST WAS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. THE SYSTEM WILL BE INSTALLED IN SEVEN CRUISERS. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT, FOR ME AS THE CHIEF I WANT TO BRING BACK THE TRUST OF THE TOWNS PEOPLE, THE PEOPLE THAT TRAVEL THROUGH THIS TOWN, ALSO GET THE